¹ AND Jesus continuing his discourse, spake again to them in parables, saying,

² The kingdom of heaven is like to a certain king, who made a marriage-feast for his son:

³ and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the entertainment: and they would not come.

⁴ Again he sent other servants, saying, Tell those who have been invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and the fatlings are killed, and all things are ready; come unto the marriage-feast.

⁵ But they gave themselves no concern about it, and went their several ways, one to his own farm, and another to his traffick:

⁶ And the rest seizing his servants, insulted and slew them.

⁷ Then the king, when he heard it, was incensed: and sending out his armies, destroyed these murderers, and burnt down their city.

⁸ Then he said to his servants, The wedding entertainment indeed is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy:

⁹ go therefore into the thoroughfares of the roads, and as many as ye find, invite to the banquet.

¹⁰ So these servants going out into the roads, collected all, as many as they found, both bad and good; and the wedding feast was fully furnished with guests.

¹¹ Then the king coming in to look around on the guests, saw there a man who had not put on the wedding garment:

¹² and he saith to him, Friend, how came thou in here, not having the garment provided for the marriage feast? And he was speechless.

¹³ Then said the king to the servants, Bind his feet and hands, and take him away, and cast him into the darkness, which is without; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

¹⁴ For many are called, but few elect.

¹⁵ Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel together how they might lay a snare to entrap him in his discourse.

¹⁶ And they sent to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God with veracity; and carest for no man, for thou regardest not the person of men:

¹⁷ tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to pay tribute to Caesar, or not?

¹⁸ But Jesus knew their wicked design, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?

¹⁹ Shew me the money for the tribute; and they brought him a denarius.

²⁰ And he saith unto them, Whose figure is this and inscription?

²¹ They say unto him, Caesar’s. Then saith he to them, Render therefore to Caesar, the things which are Caesar’s; and to God, the things which are God’s.

²² And when they heard him, they marvelled, and leaving him, went away.

²³ On the same day the Sadducees came to him, who say, that there is no resurrection, and they put a question to him,

²⁴ saying, Master, Moses said, “If a man die having no children, his brother in right of affinity shall marry his wife, and raise up seed for his brother.”

²⁵ Now there were with us seven brothers; and the first marrying, died, and had no offspring, and left his wife to his brother;

²⁶ likewise the second also; then the third; so on to the seven.

²⁷ Last of all the woman died also.

²⁸ In the resurrection therefore, whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.

²⁹ Jesus then answering, said unto them, Ye are in an error, from not knowing the Scriptures, and the power of God.

³⁰ For at the resurrection, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.

³¹ But with respect to the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read what was spoken to you of God, saying,

³² “I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?” God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

³³ And when the multitude heard it, they were amazingly struck with his doctrine.

³⁴ But the Pharisees hearing that he had stopped the Sadducees’ mouths, they assembled together:

³⁵ and one of them, a teacher of the law, put a question to him, to make trial of him, and said,

³⁶ Master, which is the great commandment in the law?

³⁷ Then Jesus said to him, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.”

³⁸ This is the first and great commandment.

³⁹ And the second is like to it, “Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.”

⁴⁰ On these two commandments, the whole law and the prophets depend.

⁴¹ The Pharisees being then assembled, Jesus put a question to them,

⁴² saying, What think ye of the Messiah, whose son is he? They say unto him, David’s.

⁴³ He saith unto them, How then doth David by the Spirit call him Lord? saying,

⁴⁴ “The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit at my right hand, till I put thine enemies as a footstool for thy feet.”

⁴⁵ If then David calleth him Lord, how is he his son?

⁴⁶ And no man could answer him a word, neither durst any man, from that day, interrogate him any more.